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Featuring John C. Malone Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience, & Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation John Krakauer:

Tech Explorist@techexplorist.bsky.social · 3w ago

A new study shows that your dominant hand's advantage comes from years of practicing complex tool use and handwriting, not because one side of your brain is naturally superior. www.techexplorist.com/one-hand-bet...

AI’s tendency to appear agreeable can lead it to pose as a therapist, validate harmful thoughts expressed by distressed users, and—perhaps most infamously—help draft suicide notes.

The EDU Ledger@theeduledger.bsky.social · 3w ago

As colleges debate student use of #AI, an EDU Ledger new poll suggests many institutions still lack clear guardrails for using the technology in admissions, advising, hiring, and student support.

A tool developed by @slzeger.bsky.social and team has improved patients and physicians’ ability to make medical decisions and better understand #scleroderma:

Dashboard aids healthcare decisions for people with skin disease

The web app displays data about their condition, alerting patients and physicians to problems or improvements.

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See what Malone Center faculty including @kathy-mcdonald.bsky.social are doing with their awards: malonecenter.jhu.edu/malone-cente...

Malone Center members receive 2026 Johns Hopkins Nexus Awards

The Nexus Awards Program supports a diverse range of programming, research, and teaching activities at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center.

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Johns Hopkins University@jhu.edu · 2mo ago

Twenty-eight convening, research, and teaching endeavors based at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C., have been selected to receive funding from the university's Nexus Awards Program. https://bit.ly/4nYiIrz

John C. Malone Associate Professor Suchi Saria is improving outcomes for sepsis patients w/ an AI tool that helps drs diagnose the condition nearly 2 hours earlier than traditional methods. Read more in the @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social mag: engineering.jhu.edu/magazine/his... #ResearchSavesLives

150 Years of Innovation - Johns Hopkins Engineering Magazine

Highlighting Johns Hopkins Engineering’s enduring impact as we celebrate JHU’s sesquicentennial

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In the @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social magazine: Malone Center affiliate Nicholas Durr has developed a new microscopy method that produces real-time, high-resolution images of living tissue and flowing blood cells—opening a potential path toward faster diagnoses and fewer invasive biopsies.

Bye-Bye Biopsies - Johns Hopkins Engineering Magazine

Engineers have developed a microscopy method for faster diagnoses and fewer invasive biopsies.

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Congratulations to Malone Center members Anton Dahbura, Ayes P. Gurses, Ahmed Hasson, and @kathy-mcdonald.bsky.social on their 2026 @jhu.edu Nexus Awards! Learn more about their proposed programming activities at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center below:

Malone Center members receive 2026 Johns Hopkins Nexus Awards

The Nexus Awards Program supports a diverse range of programming, research, and teaching activities at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center.

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“Ultimately, we can only produce outcomes when clinicians trust the system and act on it,” says Bayesian Health founder and John C. Malone Associate Professor of Computer Science Suchi Saria. “You can think of the FDA as a very meaningful and critical level for building trust.”

Bayesian Health gets FDA clearance for sepsis monitor

Sepsis is the third leading cause of death in US hospitals.

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Last month, Malone Center faculty like @moberst.bsky.social, @ananya-a-joshi.bsky.social, & more shared their progress & concerns at the 1st in-person convening of the @jhu.edu Workgroup on AI & Healthcare, co-hosted by @hopkinsdsai.bsky.social. Learn more here: malonecenter.jhu.edu/hopkins-rese...

In the @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social magazine: Learn how John C. Malone Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering @muyinatubell.bsky.social and team are improving women’s health ♀️ with new medical imaging technologies.

Reliable Imaging for Clinical Impact  - Johns Hopkins Engineering Magazine

Projects address shortcomings of ultrasound in detecting breast cancer.

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In the @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social mag: “Although current AI isn’t yet ready for population-wide screening, if we use imaging biomarkers, clinical notes, and deep neural networks to select high-risk patients, we can transform a blunt screener into a precision detection tool,” says Zongwei Zhou.

Accelerating Pancreatic Cancer Detection - Johns Hopkins Engineering Magazine

Hopkins researchers have developed a database aimed at leveraging artificial intelligence to spot pancreatic cancer earlier, when it is potentially treatable.

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“Receiving this award is both a profound honor and a vital call to action; as AI fundamentally reshapes the clinical landscape, our focus must remain resolutely on the patient,” says Hassoon.

Ahmed Hassoon named NAM Scholar in Diagnostic Excellence

Hassoon is one of 10 individuals selected by the National Academy of Medicine for its 2026 class of scholars.

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In the @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social magazine: “This scientific void we’re trying to fill on microbial diversity could only be accomplished through this network of scientists and students,” says lead author @jhu-bdps.bsky.social @mikeschatz.bsky.social.

Mobilizing to Map the U.S. Soil Microbiome - Johns Hopkins Engineering Magazine

A team including Hopkins geneticists and students has already discovered more than 1,000 new strains of bacteria and microbes.

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In the @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social magazine: John C. Malone Professor of Computer Science @mdredze.bsky.social’s new role as the director of the @hopkinsdsai.bsky.social is to guide @jhu.edu’s efforts at the foreground of the #AI revolution.

Signal and Noise - Johns Hopkins Engineering Magazine

DSAI Director Mark Dredze and team are working to harness AI’s potential while keeping its applications grounded in real-world challenges.

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Featuring John C. Malone Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Jeremy D. Brown:

Fast Company@fastcompany.com · last mo.

While design is crucial to make prosthetics or robot pants people actually want to wear, lessons from loyalty programs could also incentivize people to visit the doctor. f-st.co/ewJ9zzC

“Many people mistakenly see @fda.gov clearance as the ceiling, when I think it’s only the floor. It’s the starting point,” says the Malone Center’s Suchi Saria. “If you can’t change clinician action, then you’re not going to drive outcomes—and changing outcomes is the real goal.”

MedCity News@medcitynews.com · 2mo ago

How Bayesian Health’s Sepsis AI Tool Is Decreasing Alerts & Saving Lives https://medcitynews.com/2026/05/bayesian-sepsis-ai/

Featuring John C. Malone Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience, & Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation John Krakauer:

Santa Fe Institute @sfiscience.bsky.social · last mo.

Your dominant hand isn't better because it's "born" that way. It's just had more practice, a new PNAS study finds. The skill gap appears only when you pick up a tool, suggesting handedness is, in part, a fingerprint of human tool-use culture.

The @fda.gov has approved John C. Malone Associate Professor of Computer Science Suchi Saria’s AI-powered early warning system to detect sepsis—a regulatory first that shifts what the standard of care can be for a condition associated with roughly 1 in 3 in-hospital deaths.

"This new framework allowed us to gain novel insights into the complex interplay between genes and environment in developmental conditions such as autism and has important future implications for the discovery of risk factors and biomarkers," says @jhu-bdps.bsky.social Nilanjan Chatterjee.

New framework offers fresh insights into autism risk factors

The study from researchers at Johns Hopkins and Kaiser Permanente offers improved understanding of how genetics and environment contribute to autism risk.

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“We can’t keep treating this as a future problem—the harms are already here,” says Malone Center affiliate and @jhcsp.bsky.social deputy director Emily Haroz. “Innovation and accountability have to move together, and that’s the work ahead of all of us moving forward.”

Millions are turning to AI for mental health advice. Experts say AI policy should protect users.

Researchers, lawmakers, clinicians, and advocates examine how states can respond to the growing use of artificial intelligence in behavioral healthcare.

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Malone Center affiliate & @jhu-bdps.bsky.social Christopher Chute is the PI on the REACH research protocol: “Its scope, depth, and breadth puts @jhu.edu at the forefront of institutions, enabling its scientists to leverage clinical data, ultimately for the benefit of patients here and everywhere.”

Johns Hopkins launches REACH, a secure data enclave to power clinical research universitywide

New IT resource gives researchers streamlined access to de-identified, multimodal data from more than 8 million patients

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Featuring John C. Malone Professor of Computer Science Russell Taylor:

JHU Computer Science@jhucompsci.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#AI and #robotics are transforming how we live, work and solve complex challenges. In this @jhuapl.bsky.social Spotlight on Engineering, JHU CS’ Russell Taylor discusses how computer science and computer engineering intersect to shape the future of technology and medicine:

Missed Yanxun Xu’s inaugural professorial lecture? Watch it here:

The Don P. Giddens Inaugural Professorial Lecture: Yanxun Xu

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"Once a clinician already suspects sepsis, the clock has been running—often for hours or even days," says lead researcher and John C. Malone Associate Professor of Computer Science Suchi Saria. "No other cleared test or device monitors for sepsis prior to clinician suspicion."

Johns Hopkins University@jhu.edu · 3mo ago

A major milestone for clinical AI and patient care at Johns Hopkins. The @fda.gov has approved an AI-powered early warning system developed by Johns Hopkins researchers that can detect sepsis before clinicians may even suspect it. #ResearchSavesLives hub.jhu.edu/2026/05/12/f...

Congratulations to Malone Center affiliate member @stephaniehicks.bsky.social on being named a Fellow of the @aimbe-official.bsky.social! She was recognized for her outstanding contributions to biomedical data science, including pioneering methods and pedagogy in single cell and spatial genomics.

Stephanie Hicks named to AIMBE College of Fellows

Hicks was honored for her outstanding contributions to engineering and medicine research and practice.

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What does the future of the OR look like? Explore with Russell Taylor how AI-embodied surgical robots can transform surgery, making it more precise, data-driven, and personalized—plus the implications for healthcare systems. Register ➡️ fro.ntiers.in/2Dr6hkZxM2b #FrontiersIn @frontiersin.bsky.social

Watch Malone Center director @alexisbattle.bsky.social’s installation as the @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social Wu and Zhang Professor:

The Installation of Alexis Battle as the Wu and Zhang Professor

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An early warning system for sepsis, one of the deadliest infections for hospital patients, has been approved for use by the @fda.gov. Developed by John C. Malone Associate Professor of Computer Science Suchi Saria, it’s one of the first AI-based medical tools to get this kind of clearance.

FDA approves early warning system for sepsis

The AI system detects deadly infections faster than doctors, saving thousands from a condition that claims more than 250,000 lives each year in the U.S.

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Congratulations to A. Michael West, Jr. on his induction into the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society!

Malone-affiliated postdoc inducted into Bouchet Society

The society, which celebrates outstanding scholars who exemplify academic and personal excellence, recognized its new members during a ceremony on May 6.

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